Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Jerusalem 1948 - The Jewish Naqba

Posted by
JoeSettler

Everyone talks about the Nakba, but no one ever stops to think about what the Jews of Jerusalem went through when 5 Arab states and the local Arabs attacked the fledgling Jewish state to destroy it. Jerusalem was divided. Jews were kicked out of their homes with nothing more than what they could carry on their backs.

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That is the situation the world wants Israel to return to as though as the Judenrein eastern Jerusalem created by the illegal Jordanian occupation between 1948-1967 had any legal meaning under international law. Jews must be deprived of their right to live in their own capital for one reason only: they are Jews.

Anti-Semitism, you say? Yes but no one admits a Jewish Nakba happened in Jerusalem 63 years ago.

Thank you for pointing out these conveniently forgotten truths in Jewish history. Besides the old city, neighboring Kvar Ha-shiloach (Ir David), which had been re-settled by Yeminite Jews in the late 1800's was also overrun by Arab armies in 1948. The Jews of Gush Etzion never even made it out alive. On May 13, 1948 the entire population (apprx. 250) were massacred by the Arab Legion.

you can read a moving decription of this in the book by Puah Steiner which was translated into English, about her childhood, growing up in the old city and .she tells how they gathered their things together in pillow cases and had to walk out of J-m on Friday night itself.she was given her grandmother's silver candles sticks to carry in a pillow case. An Arab helped her to carry it and then ran off with the candlesticksThis is very very moving to read.Her father was taken prisoner by the Jordanians.The link below you can hear people who were children at the time talking about this

just found this link:http://talk.ebloog.us/video/gaila-cohen-morrison-i-have-had-the-privilege-of-meeting-puah-steiner-myself-as-her-husband-was-one-of-chanans-teachers-she-wrote-a-fantastic-book-too-forever-my-jerusalem-1305735303